A practical approach to the assessment of probabilistic flow predictions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-32

  Liguori, Sara ^a   Rico Ramirez, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrological ensemble; PDM; River flow; STEPS; Verification

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; FLOW PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL ENSEMBLE; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RAINFALL FORECASTS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER FLOW PREDICTION; STEPS;

CATCHMENTS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; VERIFICATION;

FORECASTING;

CATCHMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW FIELD; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871446974     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9468     Document Type: Article

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